纪录片《我们的地球》 第123期 冰封世界(19)

The females are returning and their bellies¹ are full with fish.

雌企鹅们回来了，吃了一肚子的鱼回来了。

As they approach, waves of excitement ripple² through the huddle³.

随着它们脚步的临近，雄企鹅们开始表现出抑制不住的兴奋。

Each female calls to her mate and he, recognising her song, trumpets⁴ back.

雌企鹅们各自呼唤配偶，雄企鹅听到后就会大声回应。

Reunited at last. The mother sees her chick for the first time.

终于大团圆了！企鹅妈妈第一次看到企鹅宝宝。

She's keen to start parenting,

她急不可待地想马上尽妈妈的责任，

but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he has been caring for all winter.

但整个冬天都在照顾小企鹅的爸爸倒是有点舍不得。

He must now put his chick at risk. In these temperatures it could freeze in seconds.

它现在要让小企鹅冒险。在这种温度下，小企鹅随时有可能冻死。

The male will have to let go.

雄企鹅还是得放手

Eventually, the transfer to the mother is safely made.

宝宝终于安全地交给了妈妈。

The chicks grow quickly on a diet of fish and squid.

小企鹅长得很快，吃小鱼和鱿鱼。

Soon they are keen to explore, but always with mother in tow.

很快它们可以自由行动了，不过妈妈总在旁边照看着。

1 bellies   

n.肚子( belly的名词复数 )；腹部；（物体的）圆形或凸起部份；腹部…形的

参考例句：

• They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
• starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童

2 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。

3 huddle   

vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人

参考例句：

• They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
• The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。

4 trumpets   

喇叭( trumpet的名词复数 )； 小号； 喇叭形物； （尤指）绽开的水仙花

参考例句：

• A wreath was laid on the monument to a fanfare of trumpets. 在响亮的号角声中花圈被献在纪念碑前。
• A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。